Indonesia has long struggled with Islamist militancy, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed over 200 people -- mostly foreign tourists -- in the country's worst-ever terror attack. But that changed Sunday as a family of six -- including two young girls -- staged suicide bombings of churches during morning services in the country's second biggest city Surabaya, killing 14. The father of the church suicide bombers was a local leader in extremist network Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) which supports IS. "It ordered and gave instructions for its cells to make a move," Karnavian said of the church attacks. Indonesian police have foiled numerous terror plots, but the coordinated nature of Sunday's church bombings and the subsequent blasts point to more sophisticated planning than in the past, analysts said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 14, 2018 07:26 UTC